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Today in History
In one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President
Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev
to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive
Communist era in a divided Germany.
— June 12, 1987
Food 4 Thought
“When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the
heat.”
— Ronald Reagan
The Month Ahead
Through Sunday, June 14
Keizer Big Toy community build days at Keizer Rapids
Park.
Through Friday, June 12
Wings of Freedom Tour presented by the Collings
Foundation at Aurora State Airport in Aurora Experience
WWII fl ying history with tours and fl ights. Walk-through
tour admission is $12, $6 for kids 12 and under. Thirty-
minute bomber fl ights begin at $450. For information visit
cfdn.org.
Friday, June 12
Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H) will be the keynote speaker at the
annual dinner meeting of Oregonians for Alternatives to
the Death Penalty at the Keizer Civic Center. Reception at
5, dinner at 6 p.m. Tickets are $40. 503-990-7060 or visit
oadp.org.
Saturday, June 13
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets at 10:30 a.m.
in the Anderson Room of the Salem Public Library (585
Liberty St SE, Salem). Thomas Branigar will speak about
the 1887 lynching of Oscar Kelly. For more information,
call (503) 363-0880.
Monday, June 15
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, June 16
Keizer Points of Interest Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Free admission Tuesday at Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
700 State Street. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday, June 18
Volunteer Coordinating Committee meeting, 6 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Friday, June 19
106th annual Sangerfest Grand Concert, 7 p.m., West
Salem High School Auditorium. Pacifi c Coast Norwegian
Singers and the Thorsmen Norwegian Male Chorus of
Salem. Tickets are $10, available at Music! Music! on
Market Street and at the door. pcnsa.org.
Saturday, June 20
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
The volunteer of the quarter
for Keizer wasn’t much of a
surprise at the June 1 Keizer
City Council meeting.
Here’s a bit of a hint:
the recipient is the general
coordinator of the Big Toy
playground project, being built
this week at Keizer Rapids Park.
Yes, Mark Caillier was
honored for the latest of his
volunteer efforts.
The former city councilor
returned to the Robert L.
Simons council chambers –
familiar both because of his
time on the council in the past
and the monthly Community
Build Task Force meetings more
recently – to be feted.
Caillier was nominated for
the second quarter award by
Richard Walsh, Clint Holland
and Dylan Juran from the
Keizer Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board meeting.
Along with the Big Toy
project, Caillier also currently
serves as president of the
Greater Gubser Neighborhood
Association and is a member of
the Claggett Creek Watershed
Council. In addition, he
organizes the annual civic
center clean-up event and is a
key member of Keizer Rotary.
“Mark’s
hard
work,
dedication to Keizer and spirit
of volunteerism has not only
made the Big Toy project
possible, it has helped the ability
of all the groups serve Keizer
better through volunteerism,”
Walsh wrote in his nomination.
Holland, a fellow Rotarian,
also heaped praise on Caillier.
“A true Rotarian who gets
out and helps everyone, he is
the best of the best,” Holland
wrote.
Mayor Cathy Clark read
off some of the praise in
announcing the award.
“To that I say a hearty amen,”
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Three new sand volleyball
courts are indeed coming to
Keizer Rapids Park.
Members of the Keizer Parks
and Recreation Advisory Board
on Tuesday approved spending
$5,000 from its matching grant
program fund to help Hans
Schneider complete the project.
Schneider, who fi rst offered to
put the courts in nearly a year
ago, had offered from the start
to help fund the project out of
his own pocket.
Parks Board members talked
about the proposal last month
but wanted to wait for the
2015-16 fi scal year budget to be
approved before committing the
funds, since the current year’s
matching grant funding was
exhausted last month. Members
thus had to wait until the new
budget was approved on June 1
by the Keizer City Council to
hand out more funds.
Since the last meeting,
5 YEARS AGO
Local group wants to
stop big box stores
Bark for Life, 8 a.m.-noon, Keizer Rapids Park. One mile
and 5K fun walk/run event for dogs and their owners to
raise money for the American Cancer Society. After the
walk/run, there will be demonstrations, silent auction,
doggie fashion show, games and food. bfl ofsalemkeizer.
com.
McNary students
propose Claggett
Creek improvements
Saturday, June 27
The Oregon Spirit Chorus presents two performances of
Barbershop & Bluegrass in the auditorium at Chemeketa
Community College. Show are at 2 p.m. (tickets are $15)
and 7 p.m. (tickets are $20 for the evening show). For
tickets visit www.oregonspirit.org or email tickets@
oregonspirit.org.
Kimberly Hall and Friends, free concert at Keizer Rotary
Amphitheatre at Keizer Rapids Park, 6 p.m. Free. The
evening is a thank you to the Big Toy volunteers, donors
and sponsors. kraorg.com.
Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28
The 18th annual World Beat at Salem’s Riverfront Park.
Monday, July 1
Claggett Creek Watershed Council meeting, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
at Keizer Civic Center.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
Schneider did some work to se-
cure help on the project once
funding was ready. Morris Ex-
cavation out of Lincoln City is
delivering the sand at a reduced
delivery rate. A neighbor, Kevin
Fahey, is giving Schneider poles
for a reduced price, with Todd
Gardner at Pacifi c Stair offering
to galvanize the poles for free.
In addition, Schneider lined up
a contractor who will have a
crew available starting the sec-
ond week of July.
“It’s all falling into place,”
Schneider said.
Schneider anticipates getting
going with the project on July
13 and estimated it would take
two weeks to complete.
In his proposal to the Parks
Board, Schneider listed the total
project cost as $49,500. Half of
that is in private cash and mate-
rial donations, with the value of
the labor being nearly $20,000.
“The proposal is all esti-
mates,” Schneider said.
• Susan Gahlsdorf, Finance
director for the city, gave thanks
to a new employee as well as
others. Danielle Howitt was
three weeks into her job in the
Utility Billing division on May
12 when she took a call from
a customer who was without
water service.
When the caller mentioned
not feeling well, Howitt assured
him the water would be
reconnected and suggested he
call 9-1-1 due to chest pains
that could be a serious health
issue. Howitt then contacted
the Keizer Police Department,
who transferred her to dispatch
and sent an ambulance to the
man’s house. The man was taken
to the ER and his wife called
Howitt to thank her.
Gahlsdorf likewise thanked
Howitt publicly and also
recognized Howitt’s fellow front
desk workers for the “good
deeds and excellent work” they
do every day.
• Also honored was gradu-
ating McNary High School
senior Ryan Edsall, who has
served as the youth councilor
on council this school year.
“We’ve been blessed to have
some incredible young people,”
Clark said. “Among those is
Ryan Edsall. Every year I’m in
awe of the depth of our youth
councilors.
Congratulations
Ryan on your appointment to
the Virginia Military Institute.
Very few people make it and
you did it. You’re awesome.”
• Esteban Perez was sworn
in as the KPD’s new full-
time bilingual police offi cer.
Perez was formerly a reserve
and police offi cer with the
Gervais Police Department
for three years and was part
of the Woodburn Police
Department’s SWAT team.
Perez lives in Keizer with wife
Miriam, who was on hand to
watch the swearing in.
• Appointments were made
to several boards, following
recommendations from the
Volunteer
Coordinating
Committee. Kim Steen was
appointed to the Keizer Public
Arts Commission, Sherrie
Gottfried was appointed to the
Festival Advisory Board and J.T.
Hager was appointed to the
Parks Board.
10 YEARS AGO
A dozen McNary High
School students have a plan
to improve Claggett Creek,
and they took that plan to
the Keizer City Council,
proposing to construct a
bioswale in the wetland area.
15 YEARS AGO
Man stalks
Keizer woman
A Willamette University
student who woke up at 5
a.m. to fi nd a man standing in
her Keizer bedroom may be
the latest victim of a stalker
who’s been targeting young
Asian women, police said.
20 YEARS AGO
Volunteer hurt
as gang dispute
leads to gunfi re
A member of the Keizer’s
Community Police Commit-
tee was struck by stray shot-
gun pellets fi red in a drive-by
shooting.
The new courts will replace
the current one, which Schnei-
der had previously noted wasn’t
constructed correctly.
Schneider was glad Parks
Board members were willing to
work with him.
“It’s huge to have their sup-
port,” he said.
From the start, Schneider has
touted one of the main advan-
tages to the new courts being
a chance to improve the com-
petitiveness of volleyball players
in Keizer. Schneider has been
a volleyball coach for about 20
years and his daughter is a vol-
leyball coach.
“Sand volleyball is the most
diffi cult form of volleyball to
play,” he said. “If you can play
on sand, you can play on a hard
court. Sand volleyball is phe-
nomenal for conditioning. It’s a
lot harder to move in sand. You
move slower, so you have to
think with a different mindset.
It really improves your offensive
and defensive skills.”
Parks Board members unani-
mously approved the funding.
“Thank you for being so
patient,” Tanya Hamilton said.
“This is such a huge gift to the
community.”
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KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Mark Caillier (left) received his Volunteer of the Quarter award
from Mayor Cathy Clark on June 1.
Sand volleyball courts approved at KRP
Oregon Forest Fair, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Chemeketa
Community College in Salem. Expo and educational event
is free and open to the public. www.oswa.org
Tuesday, June 23
Clark said. “Anytime there is a
job to be done, Mark Caillier’s
name comes up.”
Caillier showed his dry sense
of humor when referring to the
Big Toy project, which began
Wednesday morning and is
scheduled to wrap up Sunday
evening with a soft opening at
5 p.m.
“I guess now we’ve got to
fi nish it,” Caillier quipped.
Caillier then shared examples
of how project volunteers
worked together last week to
unload items from three semi
trucks fi lled with materials for
the play structure.
“This is how Keizer works,”
he said. “You just have to ask.”
Clark again expressed her
appreciation.
“Thank you, Mark,” the
mayor said. “You are truly
a remarkable human being.
The way you’ve given to the
community is truly something.”
In other business June 1:
• Several fee increases were
approved by councilors. A $.40
monthly Equivalent Service
Unit (ESU) sewer rate increase
will go into effect in January
2016. The increase is expected
to bring in an additional
$54,000 in revenue for the next
fi scal year, which starts July 1. An
average single family residential
bill will increase from $5.11 to
$5.51 with the increase.
Also in January 2016, water
rates will be going up 4 percent
systemwide. The water rate
increases are part of a water
master plan approved by the
2012-13 council calling for
$10 million of infrastructure
improvements over a 20-year
period. The 4 percent increase
is estimated to bring in $45,000
in new revenue.
Councilors also approved a
resolution to receive state shared
revenues, which are anticipated
to be approximately $340,000
for the fi scal year ahead.
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